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South Africa.
Lord Kitchener.
After the Boer War.
Black men received military training some from the British or others from the Boers.
A danger to British rule.
Sent home with smallpox blankets.
Anyone here know of the historicity of this?
Yeah, I know the British had done smallpox blankets before. And maybe smallpox in Sydney too.
In South Africa?
#SouthAfrica #SmallPoxBlankets #Genocide #BiologicalWarfare #EthnicCleansing #SouthAfricaHistory
North-West University: Historic Ossewabrandwag archive collection enters digital age. “Jacoline Jansen van Vuuren, head of the NWU’s records, archives and museum, says the extensive Ossewabrandwag archive collection has now been fully digitised, ensuring that this significant documentary resource is preserved for future generations while becoming more accessible for research and heritage […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/north-west-university-historic-ossewabrandwag-archive-collection-enters-digital-age/
https://www.europesays.com/africa/357361/ ANC, govt intensify Angola repatriation drive to bring late freedom fighters home #ANC #angola #AngolaRepatriation #ApartheidStruggle #DNATesting #ExileRepatriationProgramme #FikileMbalula #ForensicIdentification #FreedomPark #MissingPersonsTaskTeam #MKCombatants #Repatriation #SouthAfricaHistory #SouthAfricanFreedomFighters #TRCRecommendations #TruthAndReconciliationCommission #UMkhontoWeSizwe
ProBono: New Database of Constitutional Rights Cases – 1994 – 2026. “The Public Interest Practice has published a free online book, Key Judgments Advancing Constitutional Rights in South Africa: A Curated Database, April 1994 – March 2026 by Erica Emdon. Available on the SAFLII website, this resource brings together more than 180 judgments that have shaped and strengthened constitutional […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/probono-new-database-of-constitutional-rights-cases-1994-2026/